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APA Style Guide: 6th Edition

Website with Author(s) and Date

Examples of formatting an in-text citation for this item are outlined below:

Reference Information

Agiesta, J., Lah, K., & Berryman, K. (2019, October 2). How a weekend of discussing politics shifted the views of these Americans. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/politics/america-in-one-room-poll-results/index.html

In-text Citation Guidelines

Examples                                                                                                           

1.

Include each authors' last name and year of publication placed in brackets at the end of a paraphrased sentence. Connect final two names with '&'.

Note: If you are paraphrasing from a lengthy document, also include page, paragraph or heading info. 

 

Initial citation in-text:

Consider this a paraphrased sentence (Agiesta, Lah & Berryman, 2019).     

 

Subsequent in-text citations:    

Consider this a paraphrased sentence (Agiesta et al., 2019).                  

2.

Sentence beginning with author(s) last name(s) followed immediately by date in brackets; page or paragraph # in brackets at the end of the quote. Connect final two names with 'and'.

Initial citation in-text:

According to Agiesta, Lah and Berryman (2019), "consider this a direct quote" (para. 1).

Subsequent in-text citations:

According to Agiesta et al. (2019), "consider this a direct quote" (para. 1).

Remember, in-text citation formatting may change depending on a number of factors.

See Number and Type of Author(s), Publication Date, and Page/Paragraph Number or Heading for more information.